Weather Actual Study Guide Unit 1

Hazards - Deadliest, most damaging

Extreme heat, Hurricane

Weather vs. Climate

Short term vs Long term

Basic weather properties

Temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and wind direction

Atmosphere gases in order of most common

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon

What are Aresols?

Visible air particles that could make or break the air

Atmosphere layers from bottom to top

Thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and troposphere

Atmosphere temp changes from bottom to top

Increases, increases, decreases, increases

How does atmospheric pressure change as you go up

Decreases because there is less air above you

Environment lapse rate

Rate at which the air temperature decreases as in a increase in altitude

Potential energy vs Kinetic Energy

Not moving vs moving

Heat transfer - Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Waves - Wavelength, amplitude

Celcius equations

Wiens law

wavelength reflects temperature of object.

Solstices and Equinoxes

June 21 and December 21, March 20 and September 23.

Albedo

If it absorbs sunlight, it will get hot.

Absorption

Isobar

Pressure

Isotherm

Tempurature

Latent Heat

Hidden heat that can turn into sensible heat

Pressure gradient

The stronger it gets, the stronger the wind.

Coriolis force

A force that causes moving objects to curve or deflect when viewed from a rotating frame of reference, such as the Earth